Awakening op. 23b, for string orchestra, Score

ISMN: 979-0-55009-472-7

Timo Juhani Kyllönen developed this string orchestra work from a one-movement string quartet commissioned for the Kuhmo Festival. Its title refers to the awakening of nature of spring and of birdsong at dawn. Melody plays an important role in supporting the idea of a continuous stream or flow, while harmony and polyphony are used colouristically and as elements promoting formal unity.